Quiz 4, Medical Abbreviations

Question 1

Arrow pointing down

Answer 1

decrease

Question 2

PMH

Answer 2

past medical history

Question 3

B

Answer 3

bilateral

Question 4

I&O

Answer 4

intake and output

Question 5

RUE

Answer 5

right upper extremity

Question 6

LUE

Answer 6

left upper extremity

Question 7

GAF

Answer 7

Global Assessment of Functioning

Question 8

NKA

Answer 8

no known allergies

Question 9

I

Answer 9

independent

Question 10

AKA

Answer 10

above-knee amputation

Question 11

BKA

Answer 11

below-knee amputation

Question 12

CHI

Answer 12

closed head injury

Question 13

ATRA

Answer 13

American Therapeutic Recreation Association

Question 14

NTRS

Answer 14

National Therapeutic Recreation Society

Question 15

OBRA

Answer 15

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Question 16

NCTRC

Answer 16

National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification

Question 17

CBRPC

Answer 17

California Board for Recreation and Parks Certification

Question 18

CARF

Answer 18

Council on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Question 19

Agraphia

Answer 19

inability to express thoughts in writing

Question 20

Agnosia

Answer 20

inability to recognize the import of sensory impressions, to recognize a stimulus such as auditory

Question 21

Alexia

Answer 21

inability to read, a form of receptive aphasia

Question 22

Ataxia

Answer 22

failure of muscular coordination; irregularity of muscular action (dyssynergia); resulting form a brain or spinal cord disorder; unsteady, staggering, muscle coordination of the CNS

Question 23

Aphasia

Answer 23

partial or total loss of the ability to communicate verily or using written words

Question 24

Apraxia

Answer 24

motor/sensory impaired; loss of ability to coordinate movement, manipulated objects, purposeful movement. A neurological condition rendering loss of the ability to perform activities that a person is physically able and willing to do (deficits in the signals from the brain to the body)

Question 25

Ataxia

Answer 25

Unsteady movements due to a lesion in the cerebellum that normally controls balance and muscle coordination. Jerky Eye movements

Question 26

Athetosis

Answer 26

uncontrolled sprawling slow, writing muscular movements. ex: head down back with protruding tongue, often accompanied by drooling

Question 27

Dysphagia:

Answer 27

difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow

Question 28

tremor

Answer 28

involuntary shaking of limbs

Question 29

embolism

Answer 29

a bit of arterial wall tissue fragment, or blood clot on the arterial wall and obstructs blood flow; the most common cause of CVA

Question 30

Spasticity

Answer 30

jerky, and uncertain movements, awkward gait and tightly contracting muscles.

Question 31

decrease

Answer 31

arrow pointing down

Question 32

past medical history

Answer 32

PMH

Question 33

bilateral

Answer 33

B

Question 34

intake and output

Answer 34

I&O

Question 35

right upper extremity

Answer 35

RUE

Question 36

Left upper extremity

Answer 36

LUE

Question 37

Global assessment of Functioning (Scale)

Answer 37

GAF

Question 38

no known allergies

Answer 38

NKA

Question 39

independent

Answer 39

I

Question 40

Above-knee amputation

Answer 40

AKA

Question 41

below-knee amputation

Answer 41

BKA

Question 42

closed head injury

Answer 42

CHI

Question 43

American therapeutic Recreation Association

Answer 43

ATRA

Question 44

National Therapeutic Recreation Society

Answer 44

NTRS

Question 45

Omnibus Budget Reconcilliation Act

Answer 45

OBRA

Question 46

National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certificaiton

Answer 46

NCTRC

Question 47

California Board for Recreation and Parks Certification

Answer 47

CBRPC

Question 48

Council on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Answer 48

CARF

Question 49

Inability to express thoughts in writing.

Answer 49

Agraphia

Question 50

Inability to recognize the import of sensory impressions, to recognize a stimulus such as auditory

Answer 50

Agnosia

Question 51

Inability to read, a form of receptive aphasia Ataxia: Failure of muscular coordination; irregularity of muscular action (dyssynergia); resulting from a brain or spinal cord disorder; unsteady, staggering, muscle coordination of the CNS

Answer 51

Alexia

Question 52

partial or total loss of the ability to communicate verbally or using written words

Answer 52

Aphasia

Question 53

motor/sensory impaired; loss of ability to coordinate movement, manipulated objects, purposeful movement. A neurological condition rendering loss of the ability to perform activities that a person is physically able and willing to do (deficits in the signals from the brain to the body

Answer 53

Apraxia

Question 54

Unsteady movements due to a lesion in the cerebellum that normally controls balance and muscle coordination. Jerky Eye movements

Answer 54

Ataxia

Question 55

uncontrolled sprawling slow, writing muscular movements; ex., head down back with protruding tongue, often accompanied by drooling

Answer 55

Athetosis

Question 56

Difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow

Answer 56

Dysphasia

Question 57

involuntary shaking of limbs

Answer 57

Tremor

Question 58

a bit of arterial wall tissue fragment, or blood clot carried in the bloodstream which gets weged in an organ and blocks blood flow

Answer 58

Embolism

Question 59

the formation of a blood clot on the arterial wall and obstructs blood flow; the most common cause of a CVA

Answer 59

Thrombosis

Question 60

jerky and uncertain movements, awkward gait and tightly contracting muscles

Answer 60

Spasticity